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Latest revision as of 17:27, 5 June 2026
Tianjishan Glass Footbridge
天脊山自然风景区索桥
Linzhou, Henan, China
758 feet high / 231 meters high
335 foot span / 102 meter span
(2019)
Located deep within the scenic Tianjishan mountains west of Linzhou City in Northern China, the parallel Tianjishan Footbridges have the unique distinction of being two of the 10 highest public footbridges in the world with a deck to river drop of 230 meters.
The older Tianjishan main span of about 135 meters has a slapdash look to it with several parallel cables supporting a simple wood planked deck before being rebuilt several years later when the tourist site became more popular. Although the crossing is essentially a Tibet-style suspension bridge with a sagging, catenary deck, there are two insubstantial towers on either end that support a more conventional configuration of above deck cable and suspenders that do not seem to be supporting the weight of the deck but were more likely added to stiffen the span and reduce oscillations.
Then a much more substantial glass footbridge was built upstream near the waterfall with a more conventional two tower design.
The Tianjishan Footbridgea are located across the end of a spectacular amphitheater where the river drops down a waterfall more then 200 meters high. On the east side of the gorge a cantilevered glasswalk overlook was installed sometime after the footbridge with a 200 meter drop. This inexpensive skywalk platform has a minimal amount of steel within the truss and cannot support more than a few people at one time for safety.
There are at least 3 other cantilevered cliffside viewing platforms below the two footbridges on the north side that may no longer be open to the public due to inadequate engineering of the steel support struts as well as significant deterioration and rust. There are also cliffwalks along both sides of the canyon that are more than 200 meters above the bottom of the canyon.
Thrill seekers can also glide across the canyon in a suspended tramway 300 meters above the bottom of the gorge.
A trek of several kilometers is required from the ticket office and parking area to the footbridges. Along the riverwalk there are a number of photo spots with hanging chairs, suspended slat walks, full size dinosaurs and cultural sites.
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Note the Glass Overlook visible in the upper left.
A view of the "waterfall" during a dry period.
A view looking back up at the deck from the helmet camera of a BASE jumper.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com. The ropeway gondola traverses 300 meters above the canyon floor.
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One of two small abandoned cantilevered platforms on the north canyon wall nearly 200 meters above the canyon floor.
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Tianjishan Footbridge satellite image.
Tianjishan Footbridge location map. Note there are many roads not shown on the map that are visible on the satellite image.















































